FROU FROU LIST - R

Please
take notice: These films mostly contain lovely visions of bouffant skirts,
particularly of the 50's style, and MIGHT show peeks of petticoats. Very few
show full petti-views (these will be noted). We are also now adding films which
feature classic crinolines and petticoat as well. You might also review the
corsetfilm list located
here.

Many of the
corset-era productions show gowns and petticoats as well!

Any rating
comments obviously refer to the quality of the film vis-à-vis frou-frou

RAINTREE COUNTY(Beautiful Miss Taylor in 1860's crinolines. Features one lovely scene
with her getting dressed with her hoop and petticoats!) Poufies will shake
their tails in disbelief, but this Civil War film required more elaborate
costumes than "GWTW." One for Ms. Taylor was 'a gown of mousseline,
embroidered with morning glories over blue taffeta, with a changeable
lavender/green taffeta bodice.' Goodness me! Review by Pammie
Click herefor 4 still-clips.

THE RAT RACE
(Some
50s bouffant, since it was filmed in The Era)As a petti-movie, it is a complete
disappointment, as it shows only glimpses of '50s bouffant fashion on a
few extras.
There are two scenes where Miss Reynolds is shown in full slips. One is
in her apartment, while in the other, her sexist boss makes her take off
her dress and nylons in payment for a debt.Review by Matt L. Full movie on YouTube

REAR WINDOW
(In one of the
early scenes, James Stewart awakes to find Grace Kelly [playing a wealthy
and demure young socialite] leaning over him, wearing one of the widest and
loveliest early 50s skirts you could ever hope to see. They exchange a few
pleasantries, and then, feeling tired, she limply poufs down on a settee.
Now you don’t actually see much - this is not slipping on the stairs stuff,
but Grace Kelly is so swooning lovely [never more so than in this
scene], and her voice is so beautiful, that this is a more overwhelming
and sigh-provoking scene than most other film actresses can achieve by
giving a full petticoat view. Actually, she usually wore nice full skirts
in her films.) Review by Pammie14 STILLCLIPS, A
VIDCLIP, AND A PROMO PICTURE

ROCK, ROCK, ROCK
(Petticoats under
dancing skirts, rock 'n roll style!)Probably the best
teenage dance scenes EVER to be placed on film. This is the best example
of 50's teenage innocents with
petticoats which goflying during the
great dance numbers!! NOT to be missed. Plenty of low angle shots of the
girl's petticoats during the musical numbers.

ROSE MARIE --
(Ms. Blyth, wears
very full skirts and petticoats, with one scene where
she is filmed from below on a landing at the top of a flight of stairs.) Review by Van Damm

ANN BLYTH

1975

ROYAL FLASH--(Set
in the mid 19th century, Ms. Bolkan appears as the famous adventuress,
Lola Montez. In one scene she is shown dancing with Malcolm McDowell
wearing black 1860s underwear - hoop skirt and corset.)